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Is procrastination as common in other fields like engineering, accounting, marketing etc when compared to programming?

• pdevr 13y ago
  What I have learnt is that as long as the work involves non-deterministic processes, it will cause mental drain. So, there is more chance of procrastination. Along with this, if the task is large, there is a higher risk of procrastination.
• rjfarley 13y ago
  As someone who worked in business strategy / analytics, I can say that procrastination does occur, but it's probably a bit harder to get away with. You generally have to give frequent updates, with a predefined deliverable. It's often a series of sprints, vs deliver this in 2 weeks. If you don't deliver something - which happens all the time for unforseen reasons - you generally make everyone aware of the delay and what caused it. So, you can only procrastinate so much before you run out of excuses.